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When do car tyres need replacing?
July 25, 2008
Look at the tread pattern. All tires have what are called "tread wear bars". These are small bridges that form between your treads. Look at the tread pattern and you will see the beginnings of these bars start to form between the treads, or running across the tires. As the tires wear, these bars will become flush with the tire's tread. At this point it is time to replace the tires.
It is an EU requirement that there are 6 to 8 tread wear bars on all vehicle tyres (except tractors).
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Hi, we bought a car last week from a dealer, it was supposed to be ready for us to collect on Saturday but when we got there there was a number of problems with lights, indicators, sticking doors and a punture (slow). It was 5 hours later after they had fixed some of these problems we left with the car still with a puncture to a front tyre (slow) with instructions to get it fixed when we got home ( they knew 'home' was a 160 mile motorway drive) and still a passanger door my wife could not get out of. With hindsight we realise this was probably a dangerous journey but we just wanted to get home. We feel we would like some redress on the dealer, any thoughts, comments or advise on this to richandsam@richandsam.co.uk ? Richard & Samantha
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I have just bought a tractor off e-bay with racing slicks.
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